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Funded by Russell Sage, Study Finds Childhood Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year

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11/02/2016

... Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year Increases in overweight and obesity rates among young children occur ... school year, according to new research from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The...

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New Study Examines How Creative Placemaking Projects Build Social Capital in Communities

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11/04/2016

... How Creative Placemaking Projects Build Social Capital in Communities As interest in measuring and understanding the impact of arts investments in community development...

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Salk Institute Awarded $25 Million Grant From Helmsley Charitable Trust

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11/22/2016

... Studies has received a $25 million grant — a renewal of the largest research gift in the Institute’s 56-year history — that will be used to ... $42 million Helmsley gift made to the Salk Institute in...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Uninsured Rates Have Dropped in All States

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12/21/2016

Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Uninsured Rates Have Dropped in All States Between 2013 and 2015, uninsured rates for adults ages 19 to 64 ... at least 3 percentage points in 48 states and the...

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Mellon Foundation Supports Humanities through Open Access, Open Source and Not-for-Profit

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12/21/2016

... The Modern Language Assocation (MLA) Commons launched in early 2013 as a platform for communication among MLA members, ... to participate in discussion groups, and to create a range ...

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The Overbrook Foundation Tries to Cure What Ails Environmentalism

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08/11/2017

... an underperforming U.S. environmental movement. Starting in 2013 , Overbrook embarked on an effort to address some of the issues that “hobble the progress of the ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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The DACA ‘Fix’ That Immigration Activists Fear

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09/07/2017

... States as minors — some commentators tried to find a ray of hope in the dismal forecast. Trump, they noted, would give ... House Republicans sabotaged a chance to help Dreamers in ...

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New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change

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09/12/2017

New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change When it comes to mitigating the worst impacts of climate change, keeping excess carbon out of the ... carbon...

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Opinion: New York’s Republicans Must Resist The Obamacare Repeal And Replace Effort

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09/27/2017

... Care Act has benefited New York enormously: between 2013 and 2016, 1 million New Yorkers gained coverage, bringing our uninsured rate to an all-time low of just six percent. Through this law, millions ...

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20 Percent of Serious Food Safety Violations Go Ignored, New Report Finds

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10/03/2017

20 Percent of Serious Food Safety Violations Go Ignored, New Report ... on one of every five serious food-safety risks identified in manufacturing facilities, according to a report released .....

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Sloan Scholar Says Funding will Open Doors in Materials Science Field

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11/09/2017

Sloan Scholar Says Funding will Open Doors in Materials Science Field Roger Walker, doctoral candidate ... doctorates in mathematics, science and engineering. In 2013 , Penn...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking

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12/12/2017

Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking While the BCF's board retains ... the Brooklyn Community Foundation as president and CEO in 2013 , Cecilia Clarke...

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It Didn’t Hit $1 Billion, but Rockefeller Sale Still Set High

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05/14/2018

... considerably shy at nearly $833 million. But the treasures of David and Peggy Rockefeller still set a high for the most ... at auction, surpassing the $443 million total (revised in 2013 ) for...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz to Receive Council on Foundations Distinguished Service Award

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11/08/2018

... announced that it will honor Stephen Heintz, President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, with its 2018 Distinguished Service Award. First presented in 1984, the Distinguished Service Award is known as .....

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New Member Spotlight: The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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12/11/2009

... details about the organization and its latest initiatives in this Member Spotlight. What are your primary areas of focus? The Trust, established in 1999, is administered by five trustees. As...

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These Leaders Are Rallying to Stop New NY Taxes on Tax-Exempt Nonprofits

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08/22/2018

... Public Policy & Communications If you’ve worked in philanthropy for a little while, you probably already know many of the local leaders who fly the flag on behalf of New ... is as close...

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Philanthropy Must Prioritize Democracy Beyond Election Day

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11/17/2020

... foundations and philanthropy are finding their place in the response, working alongside government, nonprofit and ... floods and species extinctions are increasing the urgency of climate action to prevent...

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The Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Create New Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund To Increase Investment in Developing Countries

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10/12/2022

... Development Banks Challenge Fund To Increase Investment in Developing Countries New fund will help to expand capacity of development banks around the world to scale up lending in .....

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